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15 inch laptop with 2 HDD?

post #1 of 9
5/24/08 at 4:44am
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Hi there am looking for a brand that has a mobile system with 2 hdd
i need so i can use Protools hehehe


i know that the AW m15x has and internal one and then the smart bay

but i wanted to explore more brands

do you guys know if Asus offers this

it has to be a 15 inch mobile :P


hope you guys can help me in my search
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post #2 of 9
5/25/08 at 12:12am
As far as i know there isn't any 15" with two hdd. This is because there isn't enough space for two hdd.
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post #3 of 9
5/26/08 at 10:11am
There is so much packed today inside a 15" laptop that there are none with two internal HDD's. If that were to be done with today's technology you would need to make way too many sacrifices in regard to ports, functionality and power.

The only way to have dual hard drives on a 15 incher would be via the smart bay.
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post #4 of 9
5/26/08 at 6:43pm
The HP DX6650 has 2 harddrive bays. It looks almost identical to the DV6000.

http://www.compusa.com/applications/...0&srkey=dx6650
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post #5 of 9
6/1/08 at 5:53am
I gotta question why do u need 2 hd? like how much space do u need? You can get around 320 gb 5400 for fairly cheap, and if not you can always get laptop hd enclosure and carry it around with u also. If you need space divided up u can also partition the drive too.
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post #6 of 9
6/1/08 at 6:23am
The Dell business 14 & 15" notebooks [latitude and precision]have a modular hard drive option available,that replaces the optical drive.
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post #7 of 9
6/3/08 at 11:39pm
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its not a matter of space i need the 2 hdd to work with pro tools i dont like using a portable hdd i currently hava AW9700 pro tool doesn work if you install it on the hdd you have the os so that why i need the other one th e9700 has the 2 hdd slots works nice but i think its time to update my Cpu to a core 2 duo

again i dont want o use a fire external drive

yeah looks like th eonly way to get 2 hd din a 15 is with smart bay

i currently know abou the alienware m15x

do you guys know of any other?
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post #8 of 9
6/9/08 at 9:42pm
For a 15" the Dell Latitude D830 and Precision M4300 have the option of a modular bay hard drive. Now if you don't want to get the bay drive from Dell, you can get enclosures from eBay for either PATA or SATA drives and just toss in any drive of your choosing.
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post #9 of 9
6/10/08 at 1:15am
Actually, Pro Tools does not support recording to the system drive.

You can partition a single disk and do your recording to the alternate partition, the non system drive.

Not sure if you gave that a shot yet, but they do recommend (for max performance) you do all recording to a separate 7200 RPM physical disk, not just a separate partition.

Other then that I think the AW m15x /w smart bay drive is your best bet w/o going for an external drive.
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